TWO cases highlighted in a US Embassy report:
A grandmother had given away her grandchild. The mother, working in another province for several weeks, had left the baby with her mother-in-law. She returned to discover the baby had been given up for adoption.
She eventually got her baby back after US officials uncovered the ruse during investigations as part of the US visa approval process.
A baby was allegedly taken by hospital officials and given up for adoption because the mother could not afford to pay the US$750 (S$1,020) hospital bill.
Hospital officials had inflated the bill, claiming the child had serious health problems. US Embassy officials say they discovered the child was healthy.
Again, the child was returned to its birth mother.